Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-09-11
BASE BALL NOTES.
Thirty days more of the league fight.


The ChicagOs will now begin talking
about 1888
Pitcher Mays seems to have lost conf
dence in himself.
Anson's errors get the ieers of the crowd
now As they never did before.
If the New Yorks hire few more men
they won't win any games at all.
The Metropolitan's share of last Sum
days game was said to be $500.
The worlds championship series will
consist Of thirteen games this fall.
Jimmy Roseman, the big chief of the
Metropolitan tribe, has been released.
A Boston paper says the Bostons would
give SIC, 900 for right fielder Thompson.
There was cheerful welcome for the
Chicsgos when they came ON the GROUND.
Captain Arson changed the hating order
yesterday and put Burns at the bottom of
il.
The New Yorks have made but five clean
hits In the last two games. Big bat ting
that.
Tom O'Bricn, the latest addition to the
metropolitan club, is a valuable man to
have.
Tom Deasley did some good work in
practice at the Staten Island grounds yes
terday.
1t must have been Maddening to Keefe
to have his pet curves hit all over the Back
Bay district.
There ware three great pitching feats
yesterday, the heroes being King Madden
and Elmer Smith.
Silver Flint is in good condition. He
never looked better than he did Thursday
in the grand stand.
Betting has already begun on the result
of the worlds championship games be-
tween st. Louis and Detroit.
President Spalding sent note to the re-
porter's box to the effect that "the same
clubs would play again to-day"
The indianapolis team has appeared in
a new uniform. 1t is hideons in coloring,
being blue-black with scarlet trimmings.
Ring the bell gently, there's Grape on
the Polo Grounds. TO think Of the Giants
being killed by Boston's demoralized war
riors
Ed Williamson is the boss player in the
league, and is the staunch pivot around
which the Chicago team for next year will
be organized.
Fred Pfeffer was greeted with genuine
applause when he came to bat. Itshowed
that the crowd was clearly backing him in
the late unpleasantness.
The Louisville Club has waived all claim
to the services of Nelson. The consent of
one or two clubs is still necessary before
he can join the League.
The Metropolitan and Louisville Clubs
will play at Weehaken to-day. The dia-
mOnd will be roped of, and twenty police
men will look after the crowd.
The Brooklyns and the Nets got it in the
neck" yesterday. It's poor district that
can't turn out winner when it has three
representatives on the diamond.
1t would not be such a remarkable
thing 10 see Chicago finish fifth in the race
instead of first. She is only two games
ahead of Boston, who is now fifth.
Swandell, of the old Mutual Club, has
again taken to the ball field. He has
Joined the Flushing Club, and will pitch
his first game at Haverstraw on Saturday.
OF the sixteen clubs playing Friday but
one scored in the sixth inning. And it
was the Browns. 1t is a cold day when
the latter don't break some kind of rec
ord.
AT the Kilrain benefit Joe Hart sang
Things that Won't Happen This Year. "
He might have added that "the Giants
will win tire pennant, but it won't happen
this year"
thinner aud McGlone, the new Cleve-
land players, we're procured from the
Rochester team. thinner is catcher
McGlene will play third base and Say will
be released.
The st. Louis Browns are evid emily "Out
for the dust" Next Sunday they will
play the Cuban Giants at West Farms.
There will no doubt be great gathering
On that occasion.
President Stearns of the Detroit Club
saw the game at Staten Island Friday.
He was much interested in the work of
the different players. Still it is not likely
that he will buy any of them.
1t is said that Buck" Ewing has in
structed his brother John, now pitching
for New Orleans, not to sign with any clnb
for next season, as he will give him
chance to play in the metropolis.
If Radbourne, when he wants to pitch,
is worth 81, 800 a year, little Madden is
certainly worth $500. What RadbOuTne
is worth when he don't want to pitch,
isn't worth taking into consideration.
There is or seems to be only one chance
for New York and Chicago to beat Detroit
for the pennant That can only be had by
Judge Durfee taking the Wolverines up to
the flats in Lake st. Clair and drowning the
entire team.
First place in the league race is yirtu-
ally settled, but look what a race there is
for the next four positionsi Chicago is
second, only one game ahead Of New York
and Philadelphia, and BOSTON is fifth, but
one game behind the Giants and Phillies.
The Newburgh Base Ball Association
yesterday sent invitations to Gov. Hill and
Mayor A. S. Hewitt 10 witness the game
at Newburgh on Thursday, September
%, between the Brooklyns and Athletics of
the American Association. On that day
Gov. Hill addresses the farmers in attend
ance at the county fair.
The Detroit managers have no longer
any doubt that their club will win the
championship. So confident are they that
President Stearns has already arranged to
play one of the games With the ST. Louis
club at brooklyn, and another will be
played at Staten Island or the Polo grounds.
This will depend on which will offer the
best inducement.
All honor to Auson and the Chicagos!
How much better have they done, after
all, than was expected of them at the be-
ginning of the season! No one at that
time thought of considering them as posi-
BILE pennant winners, and yet they pulled
past the more pretentiOus Bostons and New
Yorks and gave the Detroits the highest